The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS), an Advance MI IMCP partner, is offering a 20% discount to fellow IMCPs to attend the Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA) Annual Partners & Integrated Project Meeting at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden UT, April 3-5, 2017. The meeting features DoD Maintenance and Sustainment leaders and partners, military services and industry partners who currently have projects through CTMA. This allows for maximum cross-service, cross-industry networking, collaboration AND growth.

This offer is time and space limited, so ACT NOW. Register here

CTMA is a joint effort between the DoD and NCMS to ensure American troops and their equipment are ready to face any situation, with the most up-to-date and best-maintained platforms and tools available. It provides technology development and insertion in support of the reliability and sustainment and must always benefit the U.S. military, industrial base and the public good. CTMA offers a unique contracting vehicle to work in collaboration to promote technology development, demonstration, and transition new and innovative technologies which enhance warfighter readiness at best cost.

New Pentagon leadership for Maintenance and Sustainment and all military services will present current technology needs for the warfighter at the CTMA Annual Partners and Integrated Project Meeting. Keynotes and panels will present best practices and plans for technology requirements in the future.

Please feel free to forward to all interested parties.

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Julie Wenah (EDA): IMCP Updates: Redesignations will go out this week (September 26); a template will be sent forth for local announcements; EDA is working to secure speakers for the summit; a big thanks to the NIST and Advanced Michigan teams for the webinar on September 22 - Manufacturing USA; next webinar will come from EPA - look for the email announcement. And, thanks to team Idaho for a visit last week with Matt Erskine; Jay Williams will visit Rochester next; and followed by visits to Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and Ohio.

IMCP Report templates: Two parts:

Quantitive piece due Thursday or Friday this week

Qualitative piece due next week

Chigozie Ezirike (EDA): Need biographies for the summit speakers and will continue to work on the content booklet. All information needed to Chigozie by October 19, 2016.

Nancy Gilbert (EDA): October 19 Summit Update. Will send out the match-ups with the federal agencies for the one-on-one meetings at DOC . Will try to accommodate the schedules of everyone, and the one-page overview is due to Nancy by September 28, 2016.

Charlie Bartsch (EPA): EPA webinar timing TBD. As IMCP’ers planning trip, ask Charlie for help, if needed. Also, legislation has (just) been introduced regarding manufacturing. This is different from the IMCP bill.

Dileep Thatte (NIST MEP): No updates

Brian Parker (EDA-SRO): No updates

April Springfield-Blanco (DRA): Not on call.

Kalisha Dessources, Policy Advisor, White House Council on Women and Girls will join the IMCP call on Monday, October 3. Kalisha will discuss the October 28, 2016 White House event entitled, "Cracking the Code: Inclusive STEM Education for Youth of Color.” Website at https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cwg

Wednesday Night IMCP Reception Registration Link. In case you missed David Palmer’s email with registration link, here it is again Wednesday, October 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the National Association of Realtors 500 New Jersey Avenue NW. Contact: david.palmer@win-semich.org for more information.

CDFA Training Link for Registration URL. Free training is Friday, October 21 from 9am to noon in downtown Washington, DC. Venue to be announced later. 24 have already registered -- please register ASAP because space is limited!

Please Note: Eventbrite is letting her say the date; however if not in PDT, it shows PDT. Sarah does not not how to resolve this. Be aware when making reservations.

2. Collaboration Sessions: We need to decide which of the topics will work best for an in-depth conversation on ways that we can work together as IMCP communities. Opportunity for the evening of Thursday, October 20th. Note: Utah will plan an aerospace meeting. 3. Manufacturing Day: Coming up in October - October 7th is Manufacturing Day. Potential to coordinate activities? Please add your Manufacturing Day activities to the spreadsheet - here. We hope to aggregate and amplify IMCP impact nationally.4. Template5. Programming Conference Call: Comments on the Manufacturing USA, MEP webinar?6. Legislative Update: IMCP has been included in reauthorization of COMPETE. In holding pattern awaiting further Congressional action. 7. Private funding/Finance update: Proposed workshop scheduled for the morning of Friday, October 21st in Washington, D.C. following the IMCP Summit. Sarah provided a link to the registration. 8. Questions/Comments from the Gallery:

Please note: we are no longer doing a round robin check in -- instead, we will focus on collaborative issues and projects. So -- we really truly need each region to take a moment or two to write a few sentences about what you are doing! (Please fill in what you can -- doesn’t have to be earth shattering!)

Oct 18: LA Mayor Garcetti's Launch of the City's Export Program - Taking L.A. to the World: Growing Your Business Through Exports

A new research initiative, the Fac-a-thon, which is created expressly for faculty researchers to brainstorm solutions for industry research issues, launched its website: http://ampsocalusc.wix.com/fac-a-thon

News from Maine: Tomorrow, we are hosting a quarterly meeting of our IMCP Consortium. The day will culminate in the Open House for Fork Food Lab, our new commercial kitchen incubator, including tours, food samples, and live bands: https://www.facebook.com/events/320194961704688/

Southern Idaho pulled out all the stops for Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Erskine’s visit to the Magic Valley. We started on Tuesday evening with a picture perfect dinner on the canyon rim - 486 feet above the Snake River. Perfect sunset, BASE jumpers’ leaping from the Perrine Bridge, and a wonderful meal. Good thing too, because the next day… we clocked in over 13 hours of ‘show and tell’ that bracketed lunch in Twin Falls -- attended by 50+ members of the consortium, including Lieutenant Governor Brad Little. The partners discussed workforce challenges, infrastructure bottlenecks, and opportunities for future federal support and investment.

The transload pilot project is moving forward with the short line and Class 1 railroads coordinating with local production companies and freight haulers to design their initial cross-docking operation. One of DAS Erskine’s stops at the proposed site was attended by the railroads, Mini-Cassia Commerce Authority, McCain Foods, DOT Foods, and Glanbia Nutritionals.

Central Valley AgPlus received notice of additional funding from EDA, which will be utilized in the implementation of new projects.

AgPlus is working with the California League of Food Processors to put together a Workforce Summit, to be held in conjunction with the February 2017 Food Processing Expo in Sacramento. Planning is currently underway for event.

AgPlus Executive Committee is implementing workforce workshops to be held in the beginning of 2017, focusing on business procurement practices that can benefit food and beverage manufacturers.

Exploring potential projects for international trade, and access to capital for food and beverage manufacturers.

During the SpaceTech Expo in May 2016, Planetary Radio host, Mat Kaplan sat down with Dion Jackson, AMP SoCal Program Director, and Dr. Marie Talnack, Director of Cal Poly Pomona’s Technology Transfer Office and Industry Clinic, and the AMP SoCal Infrastructure and Site Development Committee Chair, as well as AMP SoCal Research & Innovation Committee Vice-Chair. The episode highlights the role of small and medium manufacturers in creating the vessels and vehicles used for space exploration, and AMP SoCal, with its network of partners dedicated to supporting aerospace manufacturing was the perfect spokesperson for acknowledging the importance of the industry.

Planetary Radio is part of the Planetary Society, a non-profit organization founded in 1980 by visionary astronomers, Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman, to inform and engage the public in all matters related to space exploration. One way the Planetary Society reaches and educates people is through a weekly radio show that is broadcast on public radio stations around the country, as well as through iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher and other online podcast platforms. The show features guests, which include scientists, engineers, astronauts and advocates, who provide their expert understanding into the exciting fields and ventures that foster exploration of our planets and beyond.

Julie Wenah (EDA): Marshaun Williams, Intern at EDA: There are two federal financing opportunities from DOL. I sent an email out about them this morning. DOL is more restrictive in its ability to answer individual questions but they will provide what guidance they can if you reach out and say you are from an IMCP community.

Julie will send out an email later this morning with more information on the IMCP Summit. She will also reach out to those with site visits planned for September or October.

Please hold September 7th @ 1 PM EST for the August Programming Webinar on NIST and hold last Wednesday for September Programming Webinar on EDA.

J.J. Chambers, National Economic Council, White House has resigned to attend graduate schools. J.J. was a great champion of IMCP and will be replaced with Rachel Cross. Introductions to Rachel will occur at the 2016 IMCP summit.

Charlie Bartsch (EPA): Not on the call today.

Dileep Thatte (NIST MEP): I am interested in your requests for the content of the August Programming call. The content is planned on the NNMI and NIST MEP. If you have specific areas of interest within these two programs or others in NIST, please let him know. A little know fact: Dileep is the founding father of “Manufacturing Day.”

Brian Parker (EDA): Not on the call today.

April Springfield-Blanco (DRA): Not on the call today.

Others:

Agenda:

DOL Question from last week: Can we get more information on this from DOL so we can understand how to leverage it for our Manufacturing Communities?

Do the IMCP community members want to have a reception/working session the day/evening before? Sarah and David Palmer are working on ideas and will be sending out a poll regarding interest.

David: early invitation to the Senate co-sponsors as well as working on planning for presentations, innovations, interesting sharing that may need a deeper dive outside of the summit.

Potential for best practices conversations that can offer the communities a chance to coordinate

Programming Conference Call: IMCP community webinars are still in the works.

Legislative Update: Commerce Committee-passed COMPETES reauthorization which was modified to include IMCP. The Commerce Committee staff confirmed that the modification has been uploaded. The legislations was updated last week but is currently in a “holding pattern”while the committee address issues with one item. Note: There are no objections to the inclusion of IMPC.Private funding/Finance update: No new information.

Andy Buffmire - Will be sending out an email to Aerospace IMCPs regarding the CAMX Conference.

NNMI Coordination:

Questions/Comments from the Gallery:Question: Is there an invitation available for the summit to submit to CFO’s? Julie is working on a draft schedule and will present to the planning committee. The summit will mirror 2015 but will expand on several of the successful topics and formats. Per Julie - all are welcomed to participate in the next committee meeting.Comments:-Manufacturing Day 2016: Create a consolidated list of events by IMCPs to share with all.-Dileep: There is a website listing all events in 2015 - Did not get the website information. -Sarah Lee would like to put together a next steps document to raise the visibility of “Manufacturing Day.”

Cluster Discussions: None today.

Composites?

Food?

Aerospace?

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Please note: we are no longer doing a round robin check in -- instead, we will focus on collaborative issues and projects. So -- we really truly need each region to take a moment or two to write a few sentences about what you are doing! (Please fill in what you can -- doesn’t have to be earth shattering!)

With the SW AL IMCP support - the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the City of Mobile a $14.5 million grant to rebuild aging infrastructure, connect citizens to jobs and revitalize historic neighborhoods between the Broad-Beauregard corridor through downtown to the Three Mile Creek Greenway.

August 4 - Holding our 1st Bi-Annual AMP SoCal Conference this week at the California Science Center, home of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Assistant Secretary Jay Williams will be in attendance. Our first panel of the day will cover trends in Defense procurement and the last panel will have procurement officers from OEMs and Tier One Suppliers. (more information)

The Uniquely Abled Project - a 10-week CNC Machinist program for individuals with high-functioning autism, which also includes 60 hours of job readiness, soft skills, site visits, and open laboratory. Program graduates will qualify for entry-level positions such as machinist apprentice, CNC operator, and CNC programmer.

First round of graduates available for hire on August 26

A new research initiative, the Fac-a-thon, which is created expressly for faculty researchers to brainstorm solutions for industry research issues, launched its website: http://ampsocalusc.wix.com/fac-a-thon

Managed Career Pipeline Pilot Programs currently underway. The program will be piloting partnerships between regional community colleges and workforce investment boards for workforce development and advancement.

Hi guys, this is Julie, for some reason all three phone numbers are not working for us. We will keep trying. Is it 1-888-240-2560? It is working now :-) Use the 1-888 number friends. It crashed because everyone thinks IMCP is cool and was dialing in. Occupational hazards.

Welcome Jerry from PSRC to the team. Sarah Lee’s office will move to the Washington State Department of Commerce (see announcement below).

Redesignation - responses from US DOC/EDA will be sent out during the second week in September 2016.

IMCP Summit Agenda will be modified and sent out following the next meeting of the planning committee (by the end of this week).

Marshaun will reach out to the IMCPs this week to schedule a one-on-one meeting with Julie.

US DOL new opportunity entitled, “America’s Promise Job Driven Grant” due on August 26, 2016.

DOL-EDA-DOE Technical Assistance: Will have another meeting to discuss as well as a webinar. No date provided.

IMCP data and report is still being worked on.

Senator Blumenthal has an interest in participating in the Summit - no additional information at this time.

EDA will travel to communities not touched in the last year. Julie will create a master schedule and send out.

Delta Regional Authority (DRA) fly-over in Mobile, AL, Memphis, TN, and Nashville, TN. Visits are being scheduled and will occur during the next couple of months.

Charlie Bartsch (EPA): No new information to add

Dileep Thatte (NIST MEP): No new information today

Brian Parker (EDA): No new information today.

April Springfield-Blanco (DRA): Not on the call today

Others:

-Sarah’s Announcement: The IMCP Lead is moving to the Washington State Department of Commerce. Jerry will be the representative from the PSRC. Sarah will send new email address in the next couple of weeks.-Andrew Buffmire, Utah: Announced the International Composite Show in September 26-29, 2016 in Anaheim, CA. Utah will have a large booth and invited the 6-7 IMCP’s with similar interest to attend the event and to share the Utah space. Contact: Andrew Buffmire at andrew.buffmire@utah.edu. In addition, Andrew requested a list of the IMCPs involved with composites. Sarah will prepare the list and circulate to all IMCPs. Lastly, Andrew recommended that a poll be taken to determine the IMCPs interested in attending.

Agenda:

DOL Question from last week: Can we get more information on this from DO L so we can understand how to leverage it for our Manufacturing Communities?

Do the IMCP community members want to have a reception/working session the day/evening before? Sarah and David Palmer are working on ideas and will be sending out a poll regarding interest.

David: early invitation to the Senate co-sponsors as well as working on planning for presentations, innovations, interesting sharing that may need a deeper dive outside of the summit.

Potential for best practices conversations that can offer the communities a chance to coordinate

Programming Conference Call: IMCP community webinars are still in the works.

Legislative Update: Commerce Committee-passed COMPETES reauthorization which was modified to include IMCP.

Private funding/Finance update:

NNMI Coordination:

Questions/Comments from the Gallery:

Question: Is there an invitation available for the summit to submit to CFO’s? Julie is working on a draft schedule and will present to the planning committee. The summit will mirror 2015 but will expand on several of the successful topics and formats. Per Julie - all are welcomed to participate in the next committee meeting.

Comments:-Manufacturing Day 2016: Create a consolidated list of events by IMCPs to share with all.-Dileep: There is a website listing all events in 2015 - Did not get the website information. -Sarah Lee would like to put together a next steps document to raise the visibility of “Manufacturing Day.”

Cluster Discussions: None today.

Composites?

Food?

Aerospace?

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This could also help Julie with the structure of the programming conference calls/webinars by helping to identify the federal agency partners that can help with implementation. Specific projects will also help the agency folks address our needs versus talk about generalities.

Please note: we are no longer doing a round robin check in -- instead, we will focus on collaborative issues and projects. So -- we really truly need each region to take a moment or two to write a few sentences about what you are doing! (Please fill in what you can -- doesn’t have to be earth shattering!)

August 18, 2016: Birmingham-based coding bootcamp, Depot/U, announces expansion to Mobile, Alabama providing the city with its first coding bootcamp for aspiring website developers. Depot/U is a full-time 10-week program that trains beginner/beginning developers to be front-end engineers. No prior experience is required for the course. Depot/U will host an open house that will provide additional insight into the program, allowing potential candidates to speak with instructors and the company’s leadership team. The event will be held at RSI in downtown Mobile, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

A new research initiative, the Fac-a-thon, which is created expressly for faculty researchers to brainstorm solutions for industry research issues, launched its website: http://ampsocalusc.wix.com/fac-a-thon

Managed Career Pipeline Pilot Programs currently underway. The program will be piloting partnerships between regional community colleges and workforce investment boards for workforce development and advancement.

August 4 - Holding our 1st Bi-Annual AMP SoCal Conference at the California Science Center, home of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Our first panel of the day will cover trends in Defense procurement and the last panel will have procurement officers from OEMs and Tier One Suppliers. (more information)

CMMC member OAI, Inc. of Chicago received a $3,999,981 grant from the U.S. Labor Department to help low- to middle- skilled parents access the affordable, quality child care they need to earn an education, participate in training programs and ultimately compete for better-paying jobs in emerging industries. The Strengthening Working Families in Chicago Southland (SWFCS) initiative will address education and training for low to middle skilled parents by increasing their access to child care and bridging the gap between the workforce development and child care systems. The initiative will focus on the 43 south Cook County communities served by the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association (SSMMA), which include some of the highest concentration of poverty, unemployment, crime and lowest high school graduation rates within the broader metropolitan area.

CMMC in partnership whe German American Chamber of Commerce partnered with the Chicago Metro Metal Consortium to launch an innovative and historic exchange with a conference at Harper College, Palatine, Illinois on July 11, 2016. Over 70 persons attended the event which represented the first stop in the “roadshow” focused on metalworking technology that also included stops in Cleveland, Ohio and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through July 14th. The Transatlantic Cluster Initiative connects German and American cluster organizations, and promotes best practices for management, policy and recruitment of a skilled workforce and other related topics. Many thanks to Mathy Stainislaus who joined and made a keynote address.

The exchange will culminate with a group of economic development leaders and businesses going to Germany in November for a five trip that will tour of metalworking facilities and discussions with metal cluster organizations.

Workforce: $4 million to Coastal Counties Workforce Inc to train workers in IT, including IT for food manufacturing, such as supply chain management, logistics, and industrial engineering.

Infrastructure: $7 million to the Maine Port Authority to expand the International Marine Terminal with a second crane that would allow for weekly container service to Northern Europe. Also, GPCOG, received $300,000 in clean-up funds from the Brownfields RLF Supplemental program to redevelop sites for food-related reuses.

Cluster Roundtable: On July 11, Congressional Rep. Chellie Pingree hosted a roundtable with Maine’s craft beer industry to help them make connections from farm to factory. Several catalyst projects were identified which we might resource via the IMCP designation.

Cluster Roundtable: University of Southern Maine held a meeting on July 7 with 100+ business, academic, and community leaders to develop a research agenda focused on the North Atlantic. Hopefully, this will provide the foundation for future collaboration through New England Ocean Cluster House.

Cluster Roundtable: Economic Development Council of Maine hosted a day long education seminar on July 15 on the Port of Portland that included economic developers and transportation officials representing rail, truck, air, and ship. Hopefully, this will drive business across the state to utilize the Port of Portland.

Currently planning our annual AgPlus conference for all our pillar group members, executive committee, and partners to meet and discuss new objectives as well as discuss milestones that have been reached. Planning is underway for a conference in mid November.

Still waiting on funding decisions for grants we applied for to assist in the implementation of the CV AgPlus program.

Training new staff who are going to be assisting us in the implementation of our program over the coming weeks.